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• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you want to know? Tell me something.

  

  about and I'll try my best to write about them over the next few entries. ... I could say a million things about MIT and what it's like to be here, but I think it's probably best if I share information that is of

  • by Bryan
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick update A short entry, a quick link, and I become Seth Cohen.

  

  In honor of my trip to the OC, Ben made this for me: And the link of the day: The Art of Problem Solving (more on this next entry) A longer update soon...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2005
• FAQ / Testing

  Will MIT accept December testing for Regular Action?

  proficiency test scores for RA applicants through the January test dates. To submit new results, simply click the "Add new test scores" link in the ... You can report all tests taken through the end of December for
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT offer a foundation year?

  enrolled in a foundation year program may apply for first-year admission if their foundation year is not considered the first year of university in the country where they study.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And term starts again…

  

  couple of weeks. In the meantime, I'll entertain you with a list of my ... programming, game theory. My comments: The description sounded fun. I want to ... strengths and limitations of fMRI compared to other techniques, and the design

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Scenes From Admissions, Round Two What's going on in this picture?! Another installment of our new little game.

  

  Occasionally I'll show you a picture and give you some clues to see if you can figure out what's going on in the scene. Welcome to Round ... is rumored to contain all of mankind's knowledge to date 6) Stu's water

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Please Stop You're hurting the wrong people.

  

  To the person who keeps posting hurtful things to my blog and to Matt's, pretending to be "YJ" and others, please stop. It's one thing to mess with me ... obviously disenchanted. But messing with other applicants is simply not fair

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  article! We’ll be going back to New York in the beginning of June for more ... Glamorous moments, in the traditional sense, are fleeting at MIT ... day in lab. So you may be surprised to hear that 2 MIT students, Alia

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Changes To Your MyMIT Account The no-online-notification thing may change in the future, but unfortunately not this year.

  

  A quick response to some of the questions we've been receiving: you ... -online-notification thing may change in the future, but unfortunately not this year. Also, the ... longer any apps to track, only decisions... For those wondering about the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 play by play It slices and it dices.

  

  Her name is Betsy, and she got me to the finals of 2.007. This just goes to show you how lucky one individual can be. I actually thought ... the cool cars tomorrow. Did you know that a 10000 word paper is really

  • by Bryan
  • May 17, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does pass/no record work?

  Here's something else to love about MIT! The first semester at MIT is graded on a pass/no record basis: if you pass the class you get a “pass” on your transcript;  if not, there's no record you took it. The
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  that admission just means that you got your foot in the door. It's not the end in itself. Take advantage of what MIT has to offer you, because ... Hi, readers. Congrats to those of you who got in. I remember when I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Note To Prefrosh With Time Machines and/or Good Ideas Don't forget to show up for the Time Traveler Convention this saturday at 10PM EST.

  

  which enables women in poor communities to "get back the eight hours a ... Don't forget to show up for the Time Traveler Convention this ... to be exact. Amal, the guy who organized the convention, was

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  puzzled again? a little puzzle for the class of '09

  

  solve mine. This blog is supposed to have a question on it, so I'll make this one easy. How many entries to date? Please do not post the answer ... So this week, each day of Orientation, the students have been getting

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weather Sensitive I know you think that I don't care, but I really do.

  

  is on its way. It involves my Thanksgiving in Senior Haus. And the ... said, I present to you three pictures of the view from my window. Early ... 't, then look! You do now!) In Fort Lauderdale, we don't have seasons. Sure

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer plans

  

  chance to get settled in. :) By the way, I've discovered that if you read ... , I take the train to Lausanne, and find the boarding house that I'll be living in for the next two months, for my summer internship at EPFL (the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  the Colbert Bump MIT's Riley Crane talks DARPA Challenge on ''The Colbert Report''

  

  Remember when MIT beat out teams from around the world to be the first to find all 10 hidden red balloons in DARPA's balloon challenge? Well Dr. Riley Crane, the team leader, was interviewed on "The Colbert

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 9, 2010
• Blog / Events

  twerking, MIT style need more be said?

  

  . (if you don't know what twerking is, I direct you to the Oxford Online Dictionary.  Or maybe innocence is bliss?) I think the variety of dances ... ™! Aside from a cappella, dance is another big thing at MIT.  And the largest

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  We’re Bringing Snowflakes Back It's finally winter.

  

  IT FINALLY SNOWED!!! Pictures etc coming soon to a blog near you. 3:27 PM - The snow has ceased. There is little to no evidence of the little snowstorm that could. BUMMER.

  • by Bryan
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Poaching Imagination Just a few more hours.

  

  In just a few hours, you'll know whether or not you have the option of spending four years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... dreaming about big envelopes the way you used to dream about reindeer. You

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 18, 2006